not sure whether do do this as a warm up for Wales . 30 minutes from home too so I can sleep in my own bed! There is a great campsite on the doorstep. Be interested to see the bike route as the 113 is quite flat and super fast.

two new races, and one with an interesting name! I see the dates nearly clash and Kent is essentially abroad for me!

Still hope to sort out annual leave to make myself available for IM Wales as I fancy the sea swim, as always it's downhill from there onwards I like to make the most of the wet bits! I see there is a swim bike ! How about a swim bike swim

It'll be a fast bike course for sure, most of the terrain in the area is flat as pancake. A good warm up for Wales but the bike course is a polar opposite so dont forget to train on hills / do some hilly sportives.

I think 6-7 weeks should be plenty of recovery, all depends what you want from the 226 though.

Monique used to say she had her best perfomances racing follow up events 6 weeks after an 'A' race. My experience is similar and ive recovered well having had my 1st and 2nd fastest finishes 2 and 1 week after previous Ironman events.

Its all a bit subjective though, depends on your base, training, how well you recover and back to back races will suit people with more years under there belt than newbies. That said I did IM Switzerland and IM UK weeks apart in my first Ironman season.

Last thing to think about is motivation and focus, it can be difficult to get your head in the right place for a follow up event when youve been primarily focussed on a previous race. It was a bit like that for me at Henley this year, id nothing really drawing me to the start line, it wasnt easy to drag my ass out of bed and jump in the Thames at 06.00 knowing that a tough day lay ahead.

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